This past weekend we travelled to Yellowstone National Park for a weekend of camping and sightseeing (I wouldn’t really call it relaxing because I have been tired all week because of how much we accomplished in two days there). Yellowstone is one of my favorite places to go, it really provides opportunities to see things that many only view in magazines and the beauty of everything there is absolutly surreal. The first night as we were driving we had a bear encounter. For those of you who have been to Yellowstone, you know that when there is a crowd you stop. This was not just a crowd, it was more like a mob of people who had made the two lane road into a parking lot. No one could drive through if they wanted to. He was about 40 yards away and before I knew it he was 4 feet away…. people were scattering, jumping in the back of trucks, and I was trying to keep my camera to my face as I backed away because I didn’t want to stop looking. Bears, very cute and cuddly from far away, up close you suddenly realize he could kill you with one paw. That may have been the greatest adrenaline rush I have experienced in this lifetime. The general realization I had while we were there was our life is fragile, there are so many things greater then us in this world. Maybe that is why it is so exciting to visit these places, to come face to face with the things that are more powerful then us. Enjoy!
